Security operatives in Kogi State have arrested two additional suspected informants to kidnappers, bringing the total number of suspects in custody to three.
The arrests were made in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, following confessional statements from an earlier arrested suspect, which revealed the identities of other collaborators involved in aiding kidnapping operations in the area.
The suspected informants, identified as Dare Okegbe and Lakutu Omobab-Ajelesimi, both from Ayetoro Kiri, have confessed to working with kidnappers to set up members of their own community for abduction.
The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, stated that the arrests mark another significant step in the ongoing efforts to dismantle kidnapping networks in Okunland.
The state government remains committed to ensuring the safety of all citizens and will leave no stones unturned in the fight against criminality.
Fanwo warned that vendors, fuel stations, and individuals found supporting criminals would be prosecuted, and no one would be spared.
He also revealed that some traditional rulers and youths are under investigation for allegedly selling land to criminal elements, who used them to establish detention camps for kidnapped victims.
